Delivered diplomas to the future managers of the Iraqi port of Al Faw



Yesterday the ambassador of Iraq in Italy, Saywan Barzani, has delivered in embassy to Rome, with the president of the Harbour Authority of, Lorenzo Forcieri, the diplomas to the 20 future managers that have finished the course in "Expert in attended harbour management" to. The training course is part of the project face to the formation of the staff of the Great Port of Al Faw (GPAF) that it is financed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Cooperazione head office to the Development - Task Force Iraq and realized from the Harbour Authority of in collaboration with National School Transports and Logistics, Cisita Advanced Formation and University of the Studies of Roma Tre.

To the event in embassy they were you anticipate also president of the National School Trasporti and Logistics, Pier Gino Scardigli, and its director, Giacomelli Gentian, besides Dino Nascetti, ideatore of the project and president of Polo Universitario of - Promostudi.

The Iraqi have stayed seven months to having obtained a formation highly specialized time to prepare the future managing staff of the Iraqi port of Al Faw that the ambassador has defined "the greatest project which he is working Iraq and true door of the Arabic nation on the external world". Intense the distance of lessons, excellent testimonies, guided tours and experiences in the field; the 568 hours of theorist-practical formation and guided tours; the four weeks of project work; the eight weeks of training in company. Realized also didactic visits to the main harbour truths, intermodal centers and logistic truths presents on a national level.

"We are many satisfying - spezzina has declared the president of the Harbour Authority, Lorenzo Forcieri - to coordinate a project that values the know-how-how of our territory and contributes to the development of the economic and social woven one of Iraq. Task that to form people is important how much to realize infrastructures. They are sure that also this project will contribute to strengthen the collaboration between ours two Countries. I hope that also from this other forms of economic cooperation can be developed. That of is one of the more efficient ports of our Country. They are sure that the received formation and the direct experience that the future leaders and Iraqi technicians have made in the field, represent a patrimony that will allow they to at best carry out own job in their nation".

The port of Al Faw previews a traffic volume container pairs to seven million teu per year, about 20.000 container to the day. The contract for the realization of the project is signed in 2010 with the minister of the Transports and minister of the Planning and the Iraqi cooperation to the development from Italian consortium IECAF of which they take part Impregilo, Fincosit, Todini, Bonatti, Conducts, Technital, Europe Projects, RSG Projects. The value of the contract is of 46 million euros.

"Consortium IECAF - Michele Gilardoni has explained, project manager of the project of the port of Al managing Faw and of Technital Spa - will conclude the planning within 2012. Al Faw will be one of the more important ports of the world. The docks for the terminal container will occupy about seven kilometers, three loose kilometers will be dedicated to the goods. For giving an idea of the dimensions of the area, the entire island of Manhattan could be to you contained. The first phase of realization will last four years. The costs for this phase are gone around on the four billions of euro. A part of the port will be constructed immediately and will be to the service of the enterprises that will realize the harbour structures. This part, called "Staging pier" already is planned and the Ministry of Transportation Iraqi has indetto the contest already. One previews that the contract will be assigned within the beginning of the autumn".